For all that we live in the so called "Great White

North" it's actually rare for us to have a true white

Christmas.   A slushy, rainy Christmas perhaps and

on occasion a green one too, but a true white 

Christmas with snowfalls a foot deep or so (or at

least deep enough to cover the still green grass) is

frustratingly rare.

We (I) were resigning ourselves to yet another green

Christmas until last weekend when we had several

nice dumpings of snow.   Everything was buried in

a lovely, crunchy blanket of sparkly snow and a

white Christmas was tantalizingly close to being a

reality.

Then the temperatures began to rise on Thursday.

And here is the results as of this morning.   It rained

quite a bit overnight and this morning everything

is covered in a thick coat of ice.    Trees, bushes,

the car and (worst of all) the roads and sidewalks.

The thing is last nights storm is not the

BIG one that the weather forecasters have

been warning us about all week.   That

storm is due to hit tonight in the form of

a "significant" ice storm.

Gulp!!!

Just got a call to let us know that church is

cancelled tomorrow morning because of the

expected dangerously icy conditions and the

likelihood of power outages.   Which is a

shame because it's the Sunday before 

Christmas so there would have been lots

of carols sung, and all the joy and excitement

that the most wonderful day of the year 

brings.

Usually we do our grocery shopping after

church on Sunday but because of the 

weather decided that it would be prudent

to get it done early today instead.   

This afternoon I baked 8 dozen mini raspberry

tarts and another batch of shortbread cookies

and a dozen mince meat tarts.   The power 

went out briefly in the middle of it all but 

thankfully that only last for about 10 

minutes.

I'd bake tonight but I think that'll be pushing

my luck if the storm is as bad as they think

it will be.    I don't want to have a batch of 

something in the oven and the power suddenly

go out.

Just got a call from friends who live in Georgetown

as well but they are on the other side of town from

us.   Their power went out an hour ago and they

wanted to see if we still had ours.   

A bit of stitching has been done this week.   I watched

White Christmas on DVD last night and worked on

this project while listening to Bing, Rosemary and

Danny sing!    Love that movie.

Last Sunday was the Christmas cantata performance

at Church.   Phil has been working with the rest

of the choir, plus extra volunteers, practising every

Thursday night since October and Sunday night

they nailed it!!!   They do a cantata every year for

Christmas and it's something everyone looks 

forward to.   After the performance there was

cookies and hot apple cider for all.   Yum!!

The Christmas tree and Poinsettias at

the front of the church last Sunday 

night.

So, we will be keeping busy tending to the 

last of the Christmas preparations in the 

next couple of days.   Hopefully once

this nasty weather passes it'll be nice

for Christmas Eve and Christmas

Day.

Cheers!!!